LAWS6956 - Personal Property Securities

Objectives

Examine the proposed Personal Property Securities legislation, drawing attention to how it will change the existing law regulating the rights of the secured creditors.

Content

The concepts of attachment, perfection and security; the nature of security interests regulated by the legislation, together with the registration, priority and enforcement regimes; the conflict of law rules contained in the legislation; the Australian position compared with similar legislation in Canada and New Zealand.

Session

Semester 1 Intensive
5 & 20-21 & 27-28 May 2010

Semester 2 Intensive
6 & 20-21 & 28-29 October 2010

The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.

Assessment

1 x 3000 Word Assignment (30%)
1 x 2 Hour Open Book Exam (70%)

Courses this unit is available in

Sydney Law School